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August is a very busy month in music history:
- MTV was launched 43 years ago on August 1
- Coolio was born on this day 61 years ago on August 1
- Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott celebrated his 65th birthday on August 1
- Public Enemy‘s Chuck D. celebrated his 64th birthday on August 1
- Butch Vig celebrates his 69th birthday today
- Echo and the Bunnymen‘s first dummer Pete de Freitas was born 63 years ago on August 2
- Metallica‘s James Hetfield celebrated his 61st birthday on August 3
- Beastie Boys‘ MCA, a.k.a. Adan Yauch was born 60 years ago on August 5
Also Collective Soul‘s frontman Ed Roland celebrated his 61st birthday on August 3. Roland is behind some of the biggest alt rock hits of the 90s — just on their first two albums alone.
Happy belated birthday, Ed! May there be many, many more!